On their website the Glock's Horse Performance Center has announced the goodbye of the Jazz-son, Glock's Tango. Sometimes one would like to pause time. So that it would march more slowly and let our four-legged friends live for ever. But over and again it’s time to say goodbye. So it is today, because GLOCK’s Tango is no more. The 18-year-old stallion had long suffered from a chronic illness, which had been treated by specialists over a protracted period. On the advice of the veterinarian giving treatment, we have let him pass on in order to spare him prolonged suffering. "He was good-natured yet cheeky at the same time. He was a horse with a great personality and very special for me, because he was the horse who accompanied me from when I embarked on self employment", said GLOCK Rider Hans Peter Minderhoud, deeply saddened by the loss but also thankful for the precious time spent together with this KWPN chestnut stallion of such strong character, who had reached the age of 18. "It was in 2011 that I became Dutch Champion with him. I rode Tango and Edward rode Sisther de Jeu. Tango and Sisther were always together in the stables and he idolised her. When Tango was then alone in the arena, he did indeed dance to impress. I always had the feeling he was thinking ‘where is she, where is she?’, with the result that he was even more expressive than otherwise." Hans Peter and Tango won the Grand Prix Special with a very high score (in those days) of over 76 percent. "You’ve certainly come a long way", said Hans Peter of this memory, "if you emerge from the Special with a score like that and then recall how Tango was at the age of four, always turning round. And now he stands there and presents himself with self confidence. That’s always a special moment, when horses get to the highest level of training and then do so well in a competition."
On their website the Glock's Horse Performance Center has announced the goodbye of the Jazz-son, Glock's Tango. Sometimes one would like to pause time. So that it would march more slowly and let our four-legged friends live for ever. But over and again it’s time to say goodbye. So it is today, because GLOCK’s Tango is no more. The 18-year-old stallion had long suffered from a chronic illness, which had been treated by specialists over a protracted period. On the advice of the veterinarian giving treatment, we have let him pass on in order to spare him prolonged suffering. "He was good-natured yet cheeky at the same time. He was a horse with a great personality and very special for me, because he was the horse who accompanied me from when I embarked on self employment", said GLOCK Rider Hans Peter Minderhoud, deeply saddened by the loss but also thankful for the precious time spent together with this KWPN chestnut stallion of such strong character, who had reached the age of 18. "It was in 2011 that I became Dutch Champion with him. I rode Tango and Edward rode Sisther de Jeu. Tango and Sisther were always together in the stables and he idolised her. When Tango was then alone in the arena, he did indeed dance to impress. I always had the feeling he was thinking ‘where is she, where is she?’, with the result that he was even more expressive than otherwise." Hans Peter and Tango won the Grand Prix Special with a very high score (in those days) of over 76 percent. "You’ve certainly come a long way", said Hans Peter of this memory, "if you emerge from the Special with a score like that and then recall how Tango was at the age of four, always turning round. And now he stands there and presents himself with self confidence. That’s always a special moment, when horses get to the highest level of training and then do so well in a competition."